... 49For a collection of essays and speeches (by Castro, Jorge Risquet and Gabriel García Márque... more ... 49For a collection of essays and speeches (by Castro, Jorge Risquet and Gabriel García Márquez) propagandizing Cuba's role in Africa, see David Deutschmann (ed.), Changing the History of Africa: Angola and Namibia (Melbourne: Ocean Press 1989). ...
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... George Bernard Shaw1 1Preface to 'Heartbreak House', Bernard Shaw, Works of Bernard S... more ... George Bernard Shaw1 1Preface to 'Heartbreak House', Bernard Shaw, Works of Bernard Shaw: Heartbreak House, Great Catherine, and Playlets of the ... And there were others, willing and able to cast light on SIS: in 1989 the Conservative MP Rupert Allason (aka intelligence ...
... I think history would have fulfilled itself, Yalta or no Yalta.'41 Secondly, the West Ge... more ... I think history would have fulfilled itself, Yalta or no Yalta.'41 Secondly, the West German Wirtschaftswunder ('economic miracle') saw the ... Empire, the maintenance of the European balance of power and 'Splendid Isolation'had all left enduring marks on the British political and ...
ABSTRACT The scholarly study of intelligence has grown steadily into what is now a distinct sub-f... more ABSTRACT The scholarly study of intelligence has grown steadily into what is now a distinct sub-field of history and political science. Recent events – notably jihadist attacks on the US, Spain and the UK and the war on Iraq and its aftermath – have generated debate and controversy about the use and representation of intelligence. A plethora of official inquiries have fuelled debates into the ‘intelligence failures’ involved. This essay explores how lessons might be learned from the history of intelligence for contemporary debates and controversies. An overview of the issues includes discussion of how different approaches are apparent between American and British perspectives. Challenges and opportunities for applying lessons from the past are explored and a case is made for greater engagement between academia and officialdom.
Strategic air power is one of the means by which a military strategy employs aerial platforms to ... more Strategic air power is one of the means by which a military strategy employs aerial platforms to bypass the battlefield to achieve decisive political results in conflict. Most obviously, this has involved the coercion of an enemy nation-state by seeking to destroy its economic ability to wage war (as opposed to eliminating its armed forces). In Clauzwitzian terms, this represents a fundamental shift in identifying the enemy’s “center of gravity.” Debates over whether air power can achieve strategic goals date from the very first applications of it. The use of strategic air power requires systematic organization (e.g., RAF Bomber Command; the US Strategic Air Command) and, in addition to the use of strategic bomber aircraft, can be used in conjunction with missiles or tactical aircraft against targets selected to diminish the war-making capacity of the enemy. One of the aims for using strategic air power is enemy demoralization—that is, the racking up of punishment to the extent that...
... 49For a collection of essays and speeches (by Castro, Jorge Risquet and Gabriel García Márque... more ... 49For a collection of essays and speeches (by Castro, Jorge Risquet and Gabriel García Márquez) propagandizing Cuba's role in Africa, see David Deutschmann (ed.), Changing the History of Africa: Angola and Namibia (Melbourne: Ocean Press 1989). ...
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... George Bernard Shaw1 1Preface to 'Heartbreak House', Bernard Shaw, Works of Bernard S... more ... George Bernard Shaw1 1Preface to 'Heartbreak House', Bernard Shaw, Works of Bernard Shaw: Heartbreak House, Great Catherine, and Playlets of the ... And there were others, willing and able to cast light on SIS: in 1989 the Conservative MP Rupert Allason (aka intelligence ...
... I think history would have fulfilled itself, Yalta or no Yalta.'41 Secondly, the West Ge... more ... I think history would have fulfilled itself, Yalta or no Yalta.'41 Secondly, the West German Wirtschaftswunder ('economic miracle') saw the ... Empire, the maintenance of the European balance of power and 'Splendid Isolation'had all left enduring marks on the British political and ...
ABSTRACT The scholarly study of intelligence has grown steadily into what is now a distinct sub-f... more ABSTRACT The scholarly study of intelligence has grown steadily into what is now a distinct sub-field of history and political science. Recent events – notably jihadist attacks on the US, Spain and the UK and the war on Iraq and its aftermath – have generated debate and controversy about the use and representation of intelligence. A plethora of official inquiries have fuelled debates into the ‘intelligence failures’ involved. This essay explores how lessons might be learned from the history of intelligence for contemporary debates and controversies. An overview of the issues includes discussion of how different approaches are apparent between American and British perspectives. Challenges and opportunities for applying lessons from the past are explored and a case is made for greater engagement between academia and officialdom.
Strategic air power is one of the means by which a military strategy employs aerial platforms to ... more Strategic air power is one of the means by which a military strategy employs aerial platforms to bypass the battlefield to achieve decisive political results in conflict. Most obviously, this has involved the coercion of an enemy nation-state by seeking to destroy its economic ability to wage war (as opposed to eliminating its armed forces). In Clauzwitzian terms, this represents a fundamental shift in identifying the enemy’s “center of gravity.” Debates over whether air power can achieve strategic goals date from the very first applications of it. The use of strategic air power requires systematic organization (e.g., RAF Bomber Command; the US Strategic Air Command) and, in addition to the use of strategic bomber aircraft, can be used in conjunction with missiles or tactical aircraft against targets selected to diminish the war-making capacity of the enemy. One of the aims for using strategic air power is enemy demoralization—that is, the racking up of punishment to the extent that...
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